| In 1939, Canadians saw a 29-day, 8,600 mile tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. The parents of the present Queen Elizabeth II also saw 1,099 miles of the United States. The United States route included New York Central, Pennsylvania, New Haven and Delaware & Hudson trackage. |
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In 1939, Canadians saw a most important and luxurious train. It was a 29-day, 8,600 mile tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. The parents of the present Queen Elizabeth II also saw 1,099 miles of the United States. The royal train began its trip led by a specially lacquered Hudson and consisted of 12 specially painted cars. Even the pilot train was impressive.
The United States route included New York Central, Pennsylvania, New Haven and Delaware & Hudson trackage. The big show began in Quebec when a Canadian Pacific ocean liner, "S.S. Empress of Australia" docked. They went west to Vancouver generally on the Canadian Pacific and east on the Canadian National. CP hauled them 3,300 miles while CN hauled 4,200. The westbound run was done by just one locomotive but utilized 25 engine crews. This locomotive was later exhibited at the New York World's Fair and served as model for 65 more Hudsons - all of which wore a Royal crown insignia and were termed "Royal Hudsons". REGISTER to see full story. |
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| Royalty on the Canadian Pacific |
| There is some excellent information on royal tours through history on the Canadian Pacific available. It not only talks about the 1939 royal tour, but also other times royalty rode Canadian trains. Included is information on funeral trains, holiday trains and school trains. |
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| Royalty on a 1957 Trip to the United States |
| Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England and her consort Prince Philip traveled in a Baltimore & Ohio Special Train. They journeyed with their entourage in a 12-car consist from Washington, D.C. to Stapleton, Staten Island where they were met by New York's Governor Averill Harriman before their entry into New York City. In addition to the B&O, the route included Reading, Lehigh Valley and Staten Island Rapid Transit. The royal pair occupied office car No. 100. |
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In early 2007, Prince Charles and the Dutchess of Cornwall
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Prince Charles' planned visit to Philadelphia, the first by a Prince
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That's counting all the times Oliver St. Clair Franklin, the crown's go-to guy in Philadelphia, stopped at the palaces and urged the royal family, "Come on over." Prince Andrew, Charles' brother, accepted in 2002. The Duke of Gloucester, Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin, followed two years later. The scheduled tour by the heir to the throne and his wife - during which he is likely to paint with at-risk kids and sup with the upper crust - "is the icing on the cake," said Franklin, the honorary British consul, or chief diplomat, in Philadelphia. Fashioning a visit fit for a prince is challenging business. How does the cheesesteak capital wow a storybook figure? Aside from the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the National Constitution Center, the usual tourist stops were out. Instead, activities were designed to play to the prince's passions: urban revival, youth empowerment, art, architecture, history, the environment. Thus, he will take a mural tour; meet clean-energy guv Ed Rendell; chew over the challenges of Third World mega-cities with foreign students; attend gala festivities at the oldest concert hall in America, where "The Prince of Wales Box" honors his great-great-grandfather, who warmed a balcony seat there in 1860; and worship with everyday folks at a glorious old church that is the spiritual home of the Welsh in Philadelphia. Mummers, Tastykakes and soft pretzels will be available should he and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, choose to indulge. "And if the prince decides he would really love a cheesesteak," Franklin said, "we'll get one delivered." The couple will reportedly fly in on Friday. Public appearances will span roughly 11:30 a.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Sunday, when TRH (their royal highnesses) will board a private electric train to New York. |
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The Cardinal Train ran in 1926 from New York to Chicago.
Pullman supplied the New York Central RR with this heavyweight
consist hastily repainted a bright scarlet with gold lettering to
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Eucharistic Congress held in Chicago.
The Cardinals Train (New York City to Chicago: June 16 - 17 westbound, June 25 - 26 eastbound, 1926) "Eagle" series hwt baggage-club (ACL service) 10 cpt hwt sleeper (NYC service) (2) 6-3 hwt sleepers NYC hwt diner 6-3 hwt sleeper Private car "Superb" (gothic type) The train departed Grand Central Terminal and had a large crowd of well wishers. Large crowds, with bands and local dignitaries, were also waiting at Albany, Syracuse, and Rochester. At Porter, Ind. the "Red Special" (as it had been dubbed) probably left the LS&MS and operated over the MCRR to Kensington, where it would have joined the ICRR. After the famous train had made its return journey, the cars were repainted to standard Pullman green and returned to regular service. In 1926, the Hudson would not be available for another year, so The Cardinal's Train was probably pulled by a Pacific. If it only had a 6-car consist, the Pacific should have been more than sufficient, even up the West Albany Hill. Con-Cor did a "Cardinal's Train" set, which occasionally shows up on e-Bay - tain't cheap! Of course, it featured Rivarossi's J-3a, which was even more out-of-date for 1926. The Cardinal Red would certainly would make a colorful contast to the normal NY Central green in 1926 !!! |
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The schedule for the US portion of the trip panned out as follows: June 7th, 1939/Wednesday 16:35 Niagara Falls – service train, add U.S. cars to Pilot Train 21:30 Niagara Falls, On Handover to the New York Central System 21:35 Suspension Bridge, NY - interchange trains to the NYC – wye trains with NYC switchers - USA welcoming ceremonies held here. 22:28 North Tonawanda 22:32 Tonawanda 22:59 Buffalo Central Station Handover to the Pennsylvania Railroad 23:14 Buffalo Central Station - change locomotives June 8th, 1939/Thursday 00:20 Machias 00:54 Olean Port Allegheny, PA – water 03:21 Renovo 03:26 Renovo 04:40 Williamsport – water 04:50 Williamsport - Hotbox on Pilot Train at Montgomery, PA, the only time on the entire tour that the press arrived late for a state function – they missed the Welcoming Ceremony by President Roosevelt as their train arrived 7 minutes late. 04:59 Williamsport 07:28 Harrisburg 07:38 Harrisburg 08:32 York 10:01 Baltimore, MD - Remove steam locomotives, GG1s added to rear end of trains as trains from this line cannot operate to Washington front leading due to Trackage arrangement 10:07 Baltimore 11:00 Washington, DC Union Station - Pullman cars on Pilot Train released from service at Washington. - Trains parked at Washington Union Station, Royal Train on track 20. June 9th, 1939/Friday 23:30 Washington, DC Union Station June 10th, 1939/Saturday 00:39 Baltimore, 03:00 Philadelphia, PA 03:03 Philadelphia 04:24 Jamesburg, NJ – change locomotives 04:34 Jamesburg, NJ 05:30 Sea Girt Handover to the New York & Long Branch RR 06:00 Red Bank - Royal Party detrains, to New York City by U.S.S. Warrington,from Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook to Battery Park, Manhattan; by car to World's Fair site 08:10 Red Bank – Royal Train equipment move. Handover to the Pennsylvania Railroad 08:37 Woodbridge Junction 08:49 Union – change power 08:59 Union 09:30 New York City, NY Pennsylvania Station 09:40 New York City 09:48 Harold Avenue PRR handover for switching to the NYNH&H RR 10:23 New Rochelle Yard – change power, trains reverse. 10:38 New Rochelle Yard 10:58 Mott Haven Yard – change power, trains reverse 11:12 Mott Haven Handover to New York Central Railroad 12:57 Poughkeepsie – trains parked for occupancy- Pilot Train track 1, Royal Train on track 3 June 11th, 1939/Sunday 21:15 Poughkeepsie 21:30 Hyde Park -Royal Party entrains 22:00 Hyde Park 23:20 Rensselar – change engines and crews in yard, NYC pilot to Troy 23:37 Rensselar 23:55 Troy June 12th, 1939/Monday 00:01 Troy Handover to the Delaware & Hudson Railroad 01:00 Saratoga Springs 01:57 Whitehall – water and inspection 02:04 Whitehall 04:38 South Junction – water and inspection 04:45 South Junction 04:54 Plattsburg 05:37 Rouses Point- U.S. Pullman cars removed from Pilot Train 05:40 Rouses Point Handover to the Napierville Junction Railroad 06:32 Delson, PQ – interchange train to CPR on "loop" – change locomotive The types and numbers of motive power used: NYC J Hudson ? Suspension Bridge - Buffalo J Hudson ? Mott Haven Yard - Troy, NY PRR 2 K-4s Buffalo - Baltimore GG1 #4838 Royal Train - Baltimore - Washington GG1 #4838 Royal Train - Washington - Jamesburg 2 K-4's NY&LB ? Jamesburg - Woodbridge Junction via Red Bank, NJ GG1 ? Pennsylvania Station to Harold Street (?) NYNH&H Electric Loco. Pennsylvania Station to Mott Haven Yard via Harold D&H/NJRy. 2 "600" class 4-6-2's both Royal and Pilot Trains, Troy - Delson, QC |
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